Kā Huru Manu, The Ngāi Tahu Cultural Mapping Project, is dedicated to mapping the traditional place names and associated stories within the Ngāi Tahu rohe (tribal area).

Scholarships to attend NDF workshops

When specialist textile curators at New Zealand museums examine donated garments, often the most fascinating stories come from the signs of stains, repairs and repurposing that they discover.

Please help us understand how you found the 2019 NDF conference so we can learn and make the 2020 conference even better. This survey should take 5 - 10 minutes to complete. No identifiable information will be shared beyond the NDF Board and conference organisers. We will be undertaking another survey in a few months to better understand the longer term impact of the conference. We hope you will complete that as well so watch out for it in the newsletter and @ndfnz on Twitter.

Please help us understand how you found the 2019 NDF conference so we can learn and make the 2020 conference even better. This survey should take 5 - 10 minutes to complete. No identifiable information will be shared beyond the NDF Board and conference organisers. We will be undertaking another survey in a few months to better understand the longer term impact of the conference. We hope you will complete that as well so watch out for it in the newsletter and @ndfnz on Twitter.

Tuesday November 19th, 9:05am-9:20am @ Soundings Theatre Hon Grant Robertson was born in Palmerston North and lived in Hastings before his family settled in Dunedin. He studied politics at Otago, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with Honours in 1995. At university he was the President of the Otago University Students Association and became Co-President of the New Zealand University Students Association. Grant joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 1997 where he managed the New Zealand Overseas Aid Programme to Samoa. He was then posted to the United Nations in New York, working on global environment and development issues. On his return to New Zealand, Grant became an advisor to former Prime Minister Helen Clark. Following this, he took a business development role with the University of Otago, working with researchers, investors and businesses to develop and commercialise the university’s world-leading research. Grant’s belief in social justice and a desire to see every New Zealander achieve their potential led him to politics, and he has been the Member of Parliament for Wellington Central since November 2008. In Opposition, Grant held a range of portfolios, including Finance from 2014 to 2017. After the 2017 election, Grant was appointed Minister of Finance, Minister for Sport and Recreation, and Associate Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage. He met his partner Alf in 1998 playing rugby and their family now includes four grandchildren. In 2009 they were joined in a civil union.

NDF2019 was held on 18-20 November at Te Papa in Wellington, New Zealand. In addition to fantastic keynote speakers we had an amazing array of streamed sessi...